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he was the apple of their eye, quite an interesting little character, according to her letters. and they were devastated by his death and jane was in mourning quite a long time over frankie's death. >> i think a big house especially with only one child now was too much for jane to take care of. i don't think she was interested in housekeeping particularly. i think she just wasn't capable of taking care of a house. pierce went off to fight in the mexican war in 1847 and they sold the house when he came back in 1848 and then they lived in a boarding house again in concord and lived in a boarding situation for the rest of their lives. >> we return to washington and the story of the white house because a fairly amazing thing, at least to my ears, seemed to happen which is two years into this darkness and mourning and reclusive life on the second floor of the white house, she comes out of it. how did that happen and what was this new jane pierce like? >> it happened because that was the end of the mourning period. normally, as i said earlier, it would have been just 12 months mournin
he was the apple of their eye, quite an interesting little character, according to her letters. and they were devastated by his death and jane was in mourning quite a long time over frankie's death. >> i think a big house especially with only one child now was too much for jane to take care of. i don't think she was interested in housekeeping particularly. i think she just wasn't capable of taking care of a house. pierce went off to fight in the mexican war in 1847 and they sold the house...
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i am an apple fan boy. i am surprised by how well i am surviving. [ laughter ] stuart: aren't we all. thank you very much, indeed. very good stuff. we appreciate that. thank you. i want to go to the call. i have verizon with a brand new high. nicole: the shareholders are loving this one. the stock is up almost 4% at the moment. the dow is still to the downside. they did come out with their numbers. they beat the streets. that is good news for verizon. stuart: i see apple right at $400 a share. nicole: it was at 398 at one point today. stuart: it dropped below 400 comedy buys it to just get it above 400. nicole: one of the analysts this morning said it is just getting reiterated a buy rating. there are still people on wall street who love it. stuart: okay. 400. right at 400 as we speak. we are on that all day long. thank you very much, indeed. it is though gold price time. where are we this morning? we are up two dollars. 1385 is where we are. obamacare has a third world experience. obamacare but the train w
i am an apple fan boy. i am surprised by how well i am surviving. [ laughter ] stuart: aren't we all. thank you very much, indeed. very good stuff. we appreciate that. thank you. i want to go to the call. i have verizon with a brand new high. nicole: the shareholders are loving this one. the stock is up almost 4% at the moment. the dow is still to the downside. they did come out with their numbers. they beat the streets. that is good news for verizon. stuart: i see apple right at $400 a share....
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highest25% of our scoring companies between 1990 an2005, inclu intel, , they apple, the day appoint thousands of people here in the united states. they are greek a. they are ben by immigrants. that is something which should be thinking about. >> i would hope so. the evidence is quite clear on the capacity of immigration. i havehe time remaining, you released this analysis to quell the immigration reform. it can boost the american economy by as much as 1% every year. or reduce the deficit by as much as support for a trillion dollars. -- as much as 1.5 trillion dollars. do you want to elaborate on that? >> i could say a couple of things. >> economic growth comes from growth in people and their growth and activity. immigration controls both sides of the labor force anson's immigrants tend to work more you get labor force growth. as you mentioned the of to give small businesses and doctors that raise productivity of those workers. and their benefits to the overall economic growth, thus raising productivity for the -- productivity. that -- i did not taylor that estimate to 2013, 2014, 2015. this b
highest25% of our scoring companies between 1990 an2005, inclu intel, , they apple, the day appoint thousands of people here in the united states. they are greek a. they are ben by immigrants. that is something which should be thinking about. >> i would hope so. the evidence is quite clear on the capacity of immigration. i havehe time remaining, you released this analysis to quell the immigration reform. it can boost the american economy by as much as 1% every year. or reduce the deficit...
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it's mixing apples and oranges. i i agree with jorge complete. it's a symmetrical relationship. >> charlie: what people emphasize about fid oal's leadership in cuba is the very same thing you've been emphasizing about hugo chavez. the very same ideas. >> i think what's different about it is that tube a is an authoritarian state. venezuela has elections. you can complain about lack of procedurallism in venezuela. the debate is wide open. what they did was... >> there's no comparison. cuba has been and will remain to be for practical purposes a dictatorship. venezuela is not. >> i think the electoral process was not democratic. >> you mean procedural? there's no death squad? nothing compared to... >> there's no comparison. charlie: who is the next chavez in latin america? >> it could be carriya of ecuador but the problem is that ecuador is a much smaller country than venezuela. it doesn't have nearly as much oil. but he's clearly a protege of hugo chavez and has the same rhetorical shoot from the hip style. it's somewhat mixed. i support some measu
it's mixing apples and oranges. i i agree with jorge complete. it's a symmetrical relationship. >> charlie: what people emphasize about fid oal's leadership in cuba is the very same thing you've been emphasizing about hugo chavez. the very same ideas. >> i think what's different about it is that tube a is an authoritarian state. venezuela has elections. you can complain about lack of procedurallism in venezuela. the debate is wide open. what they did was... >> there's no...
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continuing with technology, the front page of the wall street journal, apple and snaps its growth streak. the company posted its first profit drop in a decade and signaled that new products may not arrive as quickly as investors had hoped. the company sold 10 million more i phones and ipads in the latest quarter than it did a year ago. that underscores the resilience of its franchise amid competition from samsung . a full-page ad from samsung in the usa today newspaper. also in the washington post yesterday. if they continue on inside "usa 8 full page ads by samsung. dan in tulsa, oklahoma? go ahead. isler: on this sales tax, it a pretty good idea. what would they use the money for? would it be for good cause? host: the states would be collecting the sales tax. senator durbin said it could be used for education and other areas to pay off debts, etc. caller: we spend more than anybody else on education, don't we? host: so and you don't like the idea? if somebody invents a way to make a profit and develop a better way to make a profit, then why should you penalize them? host: all right. fr
continuing with technology, the front page of the wall street journal, apple and snaps its growth streak. the company posted its first profit drop in a decade and signaled that new products may not arrive as quickly as investors had hoped. the company sold 10 million more i phones and ipads in the latest quarter than it did a year ago. that underscores the resilience of its franchise amid competition from samsung . a full-page ad from samsung in the usa today newspaper. also in the washington...
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apple nearly beat expectations. 10 million more than it sold a year ago ipads and iphones. they would double returns to investors through stock buybacks and dividends. >> what else is going on? >> that's about it. >>> see what he nose about mr. deutschekay. >> mike allen knows about everything and has a look inside the playbook. what are the implications of the karate instructor in tupelo, mississippi? >> tough to top it. i will not try to say those names. >> good call. >>> despite the feet of background checks last week in the united states senate begun advocacy groups are trying to keep the pressure on congress and what impact will it feel like the horse left the barn last week? >> if we have the attention of anybody around the table, they will be happy to hear about this ad here at "morning joe." they have been saying that there should be attention paid to those people who voted against the increased background check. this group by gabby giffords. a tough ad. maggie haberman calls of a gut punch ad. going up against minimum -- mitch mcconnell and kelly ayotte. both of th
apple nearly beat expectations. 10 million more than it sold a year ago ipads and iphones. they would double returns to investors through stock buybacks and dividends. >> what else is going on? >> that's about it. >>> see what he nose about mr. deutschekay. >> mike allen knows about everything and has a look inside the playbook. what are the implications of the karate instructor in tupelo, mississippi? >> tough to top it. i will not try to say those names....
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as the price of apples go up, you buy more banana, so the overall affect on your budget is moderated. let's take a look at how seniors fare under the existing cola structure. in 2010 -- this year -- and in 2011 -- this year -- seniors received no cost-of-living adjustment whatsoever. 0.0% in 2010. 0.0% in 2011. but according to the existing consumer price formula used by government accountants, prices hadn't risen enough to justify colas. well, that's what the cola formula says, but in real life, what did it look like? according to the bureau of labor statistics, seniors saw food prices rise 1.5% in 2010. they saw medical costs increase 3.3%. they saw their gas and home heating oil go up by more than 13% each. 1.5%, 3.3%, over 13% for gas and fuel. and the cola covered zero percent. the next year -- 2011 -- these costs increased again. food prices jumped 4.5%. medical care jumped 3.5%. gasoline jumped 9.9%. and fuel oil jumped 14.3%. and again, the cola for seniors was zero. 2010 and 2011 add together. they're not included in one another. so food and beverage is a total of 6% plus all
as the price of apples go up, you buy more banana, so the overall affect on your budget is moderated. let's take a look at how seniors fare under the existing cola structure. in 2010 -- this year -- and in 2011 -- this year -- seniors received no cost-of-living adjustment whatsoever. 0.0% in 2010. 0.0% in 2011. but according to the existing consumer price formula used by government accountants, prices hadn't risen enough to justify colas. well, that's what the cola formula says, but in real...
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he did make an effort to make it more nutritionally balanced by adding fresh carrots and apple slices and immediately realized they would not last more than a week. much less the months that the lunchables needs to stay either in the warehouses or the supermarket waiting for someone to buy it. and after, i mean, it became a huge hit. the first year it exceeded, i think it hit $218 million in sales. it was astounding. nobody had expected it to take off like that. they came up with other lunchables including pizza lunchables, hamburgers, hot dogs, all eaten cold by kids. and when they stopped to think about it, they realized that it wasn't the food that the kids were attracted to, it was the badge value, the status symbol of bringing this cute, adorable lunchables to the lunchroom, opening it up, and all your friends gathering around and seeing you put it together and eat it. so -- and they came up with this incredible marketing slogan hitting on that which is for kids, all day you've got to do what they say, but lunchtime is all yours. the marketing power as much as using salt, sugar,
he did make an effort to make it more nutritionally balanced by adding fresh carrots and apple slices and immediately realized they would not last more than a week. much less the months that the lunchables needs to stay either in the warehouses or the supermarket waiting for someone to buy it. and after, i mean, it became a huge hit. the first year it exceeded, i think it hit $218 million in sales. it was astounding. nobody had expected it to take off like that. they came up with other...